Once you actually get the component work to, it works great. There are some flaws and some diffuculties.

There is NO obvious link to any demos on the author's website so I ended up buying blind and hoping. The documentation is very lacking, could ideally do with a step by step guide.

To be able to use redcompetition you need redform, surely the two should be intergrated or the redcompetition use details from joomla.

I have a few problems right now, waiting for help on the authors forum, I hope the outcome is good because once this is all working correctly it should be great.

Owner's reply:
The point of having redCOMPETITION use redFORM is that the progress and features of redFORM will spread to redCOMPETITION naturally.

This means that with the last release of redFORM you can now charge for participation in competitions through paypal integration - This also means that with the coming redMEMBER component you can integrate competitions in your community system, with prefilled fields in redFORM for the user.

So by having multiple components that can be integrated we can offer alot more and alot smarter features then you would else be able to.

But we do agree it works great - and our documentation for redCOMPETITION could prolly be a bit more uptodate, but with the new line of instruction videos we are implementing soon (and which has allready been implemented for redFORM and redLIST) i am sure it will be a lot easyer to work with for first time users.

I am a developer and during the development of a site, which has competitions feature, I chose redCOMPETITION. The component works well, I could create questions and answers and publish to the site and finally draw a winner from among the contestants. And if I need to display some more fields apart from questions and answers there is the redFROM, thanks to their seamless integration. Even I could integrate it with ccNewsletter so that if users participate on a competition then I could let them choose if they wish to subscribe to the newsletters. So far so good BUT here goes why didn't I rated it Excellent

In most of the competitions an user is generally allowed to compete only once. I couldn't find any places neither within redCOMPETITION nor redFORMS to simulate this feature. There is a unique setting on redFORMS fields however I think this is only useful on registration. If I set a field (email for eg.) to unique then publish it within the competition then the result is that users can never again appear on any competitions once they participate for the first time, simply becaue the field is gloablly unique not per competition. So there should be a setting to control a field such that its only unique per competition but not globally. Lack of this feature alone makes this component unsuitable for a production site. I had to hack the component myself to overcome this limitation and the hack was not easy at all.

redFORM

Free |
Forms |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

93

7 reviews

redFORM includes the following features:
Updated 12th October 2011.
Unique registrationid tag to be used for attendees if integrated to redEVENT and for paymentintegrations to track payments as standalone.
Now with payment integrations and processing to Paypal and Epay.dk.
Added contact person - redFORM now ideally replaces the core contact feature in Joomla.
New field/value types: Info WYSIWYG Zones + Frontend WYSIWYG field types for logged in users.
Unlimited amount of Forms, Fields and Inputs -
Dynamical options for input type (Radio, Checkbox, Textfield, Textarea, Email, Username, Fullname, Select, Multiselect, Fileupload, WYSIWYG information, Virtuemart integration) -
Complete statistics over forms filled and newsletter attendance -
Notification text, emails and admin notification with option to email form data -
Integration with the open source mailinglist project PHPlist and the Joomla 1.5 native components ccNewsletter and Acajoom. -
Integration with Bigo Captcha for bot and spam prevention -
Integration with redEVENT - Run all your submission forms from redEVENT trough redFORM. -
Content plugin for easy adding of form(s) to ALL joomla content that supports content plugins -
Add custom styles to input fields trough backend and style in template css -
English and Danish languages (looking for more - contact me if you are interested in translating to your native langauge). -
and much more...

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redLIST

Paid download |
Extensions Search |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

73

1 review

redLIST is a brand new Joomla MVC component that allows listing and searching through tons of information in no time. Create your own search items, fields and categories and decide which data from which field you want to show on each view in the frontend. Import data from known Joomla! applications. Use the integrated Google Maps feature to list addresses from your own list on a pinpoint map or display specific address on a map. Get the route between two pins. Create subcategories. Define different icons for each subcategory on the map, cluster icons and much more
redLIST includes the following features:
•Create your own search items, fields and categories
•Search through tons of information in no time
•Select different types of lists
•Import Joomla! users
•Import redMEMBER fields and Jom Social fields (not the data within the fields)
•Add address map to article (using tags)
•Change map properties
•Display specific address on map
•List categories on pinpoint map
•Automatically group mapmarkers when two or more markers visually intersect
•100% MVC Structural build - make your over template overrides
•and much more...
Licensing:
redLIST is licensed under GPL v.2 but requires a subscription to download.
Requirements:
The extension is not guaranteed to work under lesser versions of PHP than PHP 5.

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redSHOP Search

Paid download |
RedSHOP extensions |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

73

1 review

Latest release: 13/08/2012
Search module for redSHOP. The most advanced ecommerce extension ever created for Joomla.
See presentation video on http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop
Download redSHOP + this module at http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop/modules
Download this module at http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop/modules

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redEVENT

Free |
Events |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

62

25 reviews

redEVENT is a CCK Style Joomla 1.5 / 2.5 native MVC event component. Build over the popular but yet limited event component eventlist, the redEVENT fork along with its 100% integration to redFORM has taken the ease and flexibility of creating and managing events and to a whole new level.
Super dynamical with the simple yet powerfull and customizable input forms from redFORM, you can make small simple signup forms or you can go all the way and do full registration formulars for the attendees to your events.
Along with the new options of newsletter integration and dynamical waitinglists along with the ability to manually alter and cuztomize the frontend list of attendees on each event, there never has been more flexibility in Event handling in Joomla then now!
redEVENT is developed upon the basis of Eventlist 1.0b however due to the extensive changes made in the component it will not be possible to update the event component along the paths of Eventlist in the future and instead redEVENT will take its own path and live in the wonderfull world of Joomla Extensions. redEVENT is released and is in a stable state.
The list of abilities in redEVENT that makes it unique compared to its predecessor Eventlist, is included in the following:
* Unlimited amount of events
* Allow registration with or without Joomla User creation
* Allow registration and cancelation using Joomla User creation * Waitinglist on individual events - Set waitinglist per event! * Individual confirmation- and registrationemails
* Confirmation trough email confirmation link
* Unlimited amount of Forms, Fields and Inputs by integration to redFORM
* Dynamical options for input type (Radio, Checkbox, Textfield, Textarea, Email, Username, Fullname)
* Dynamical frontend attendee lists using the fields you made in the form (you made in redFORM) used by the event
* Admin notification and option to send on formular data to the admin
* Integration with the open source mailinglist project PHPlist and the Joomla 1.7 native component ccNewsletter
* Add custom styles to input fields trough backend and style in template css
* English and Danish languages (looking for more - contact me if you are interested in translating to your native l

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redSHOP

Paid download |
Shopping Cart |
redCOMPONENT

2.53

Score:

0

73 reviews

Full Circle Ecommerce for Joomla!
Now with more than 100 extensions, modules and plugins + even more 3rd party extensions and support from the template clubs Rockettheme, Gavickpro, Joomlabamboo!
Try the demo and check out redSHOP and all of the ecommerce features here: http://redshop.demo.redcomponent.com
This is the most advanced webshop system ever created for Joomla - It is light years ahead of any other webshop or cart component for Joomla.
See full Changelog and why we have the most updated extension on JED here:
http://wiki.redcomponent.com/index.php?title=redSHOP:Changelog
See presentation video on
http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop
So what is redSHOP? redSHOP is a Content Creation Kit style of webshop / webshop tool where you got the most access ever given to any user to completely style around and change thier webshop, without alot more knowledge then HTML and a bit of CSS.
redSHOP offers never earlier seen functionality in webshops - redSHOP offers functionality only seen in software with licenses costing more then upto 1000 times more then a 12 Month Pro Subscription costs.
The goal of redSHOP was to take the normal 20% users can do and the 80% thats happens in the php files - and switch it around - so with redSHOP you, the user, can do 80% of everything yourself!!!
In a summarized version this is what redSHOP is:
•100% MVC - Perhaps the most amount of menu items available in Joomla History!
•Unlimited products
•Unlimited categories
•Unlimited manufacturers
•22 Different image sizes on the fly from config settings
•Image AI system for flipping X and Y coordinates on higher than wider images
•Internal Template system - Rewrite almost any screen using templates
•Dynamic Fields - Create new fields for products, categories or manufacturers on the fly
•Complete tagging system - Insert new fields into templates using tags
•Textlibrary system
•Prices, Sale Prices, Volume Prices, Shopper Group Prices
•Related products
•Accessory products - Group products by primary product and make special prices
•Virtual Attribute system with visual navigation and option to upload pictures per attribute and set priceadjustment per attribute or subattribute (including product sku and stockroom)
•Parent / Child product relations
•100% Built in SEO/SEF control (using sh404sef)
•Shoppergroups - B2B Portal system
•Shoppergroup prices - all through redSHOP
•Shoppergroup ACL - Control access to specific categories for B2B Customers
•ACTION EMAILS - Send up to 3 emails on each sale all automated
•Order Catalog feature with action emails
•Product sample feature with action emails
•Vouchers - Create vouchers with option of selecting a specific product and if you want free shipping or not
•Copuons - Create discountcoupons for users or globally
•Discounts with runn

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redARTICLEFINDER

Free |
Multi Categorization |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

0

3 reviews

Updated: 5th April 2010 Security Release
redARTICLEFINDER is a brand new Joomla 1.5 native MVC component for Joomla that allows you to build your own virtual search engine for your articles.
Install the component and in seconds you can be on your way in building you own front end search engine for Joomla based on virtual search types and tags you associate to your articles.
redARTICLEFINDER has native SEF support and generates on the fly SEF urls for all search resultats so you can use it to create your own custom virtual categories for your Joomla website.
Make it possible to search on virtual categories that spread across real sections or categories in Joomla and without having the articles actually containing any information related to the actual search by using redARTICLEFINDER!
redARTICLEFINDER includes the following features:
•Unlimited amount of Types, Tags and Associations
•Dynamical options for search type (Dropdown and Checkbox)
•Select to show article link or full text content from the article
•100% control over layout trough the unique CSS tagging system
•SEF / SH404Sef native support
•Refine search function
•Link to search result function with SEF urls created on the fly!!!
•100% MVC Structural build - make your over template overrides
•English and Danish languages (looking for more - contact me if you are interested in translating to your native langauge).
•and much more...
redARTICLEFINDER is licensed under GPL v.2 but requires a subscription to download.

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redMEMBER

Free |
Communities |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

0

2 reviews

redMEMBER is a brand new member system for Joomla!
Get a complete overview of your members. Send out newsletters, collect a memberfee, start discussions in your own forum, make your own design by applying your own joomla template and much more.
•Helps your members get the files they need
•User groups can access files and folders from the frontend
•Give access to certain users (ACL)
•Users can upload files from frontend - if enabled
•Simple ACL enabled forum
•Using the Joomla WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor of choice
•The users can communicate and markup their posts
•Hosts facilities for customizing all system mails using mailcenter
•Add tags to create dynamic mail content
•Add subscription plans to your member system
•Apply unique plans to different user groups
•Supported by PayPal - more will come soon
•Segmented newsletters
•Send newsletters to primary and secondary mails
•Customize recipients according to fields
•Apply your own templates and make it look exactly like you want
•Simple templating with powerful tag system
•Template user detail views, registration forms, search results and more
•Apply predefined templates
•Categorize your users into different user groups
•Associate user groups with ACL groups for complete content control
•User groups can create unique fields or share fields with other user groups

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redPRODUCTFINDER

Free |
Extensions Search |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

0

1 review

Latest release: 22th December 2011 - Now As NON-Commercial for redSHOP 1.1.9.5.
redPRODUCTFINDER is a brand new Joomla 1.5 native MVC component for redSHOP that allows you to build your own virtual search engine for your webshop or webshopcatalog.
Install the component and in seconds you can be on your way in building you own front end search engine for redSHOP - and the best of it all is we havent changed a single line of code in redSHOP!
redPRODUCTFINDER has native SEF support and generates on the fly SEF urls for all search resultats so you can use it to create your own custom virtual categories for your webshop along with creating an ocean of pure searchablility for your webshop.
Make it possible to search on Size, Colors, Flavours, Material, Price Ranges or what ever you feel would make it easier for your webshop users to find what they are looking for using redPRODUCTFINDER!
Do relations between search tags and control dependancies or create new filtering types in the productfinder that can be used as filters in redSHOP on category pages.
All output is Search Engine Optimized and redPRODUCTFINDER is the ideal tool for creating new "long tail" landing pages for your webshop - This is a unique component no other webshop system in the world has the power of these features!

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Search for redSHOP

Paid download |
RedSHOP extensions |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

0

1 review

Latest release: 13/08/2012
Search plugin for redSHOP. The most advanced ecommerce extension ever created for Joomla.
See presentation video on http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop
Download redSHOP + this plugin at http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop/subscription

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redLINKER

Free |
SEO & Metadata |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

0

0 reviews

redLINKER includes the following features:
• Super SEO Linkbuilding component
• Update links on your entire website in a matter of minutes
• Create unlimited replacements
• Based on regular expressions
• Replace with text or link
• Set target for links
• 100% MVC Structural build
and much more...
redLINKER is a brand new Joomla 1.5 native MVC component and plugin that allows you to enter a word that you want to replace either by another word or by a link. Save tons of hours going trough your entire website to create links for internal linkbuilding or link to articles or external pages on specific words. It only takes a few seconds to create a site wide replacement! redLINKER replaces the earlier released static plugin with a fixed limit on 20 replacements.
Install the component and in seconds you you can create links on specific words on your entire website or you can use it to update generic text strings on your entire website without having to go trough hundreds of articles.
redLINKER is licensed under GPL v.2 but requires a subscription to download.

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redEVENT for Jomsocial

Paid download |
JomSocial Extensions |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

0

0 reviews

Integrate redEVENT to the most dynamic CCK style event component for Joomla 1.5 and Jomsocial!

redTEXTLIBRARY

Allows you to insert custom tags in articles with predefined content.
Install the component and in seconds you can create your own custom text tags for your articles.

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redSHOP Cart

Paid download |
RedSHOP extensions |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

0

0 reviews

Latest release: 13/08/2012
Shopping cart module for redSHOP. The most advanced ecommerce extension ever created for Joomla.
See presentation video on http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop
Download this module at http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop/modules

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red Productfinder for redSHOP

Paid download |
RedSHOP extensions |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

0

0 reviews

Latest release: 18th March 2011
Productfinder module for redSHOP. The most advanced ecommerce extension ever created for Joomla.
Note:
redSHOP + redPRODUCTFINDER component must be installed and configured for this to work.
See presentation video on http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop
Download this module at http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop/modules

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redSHOP Login

Paid download |
RedSHOP extensions |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

0

0 reviews

Latest release: 13/8/2012
Login module for redSHOP. The most advanced ecommerce extension ever created for Joomla.
See presentation video on http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop
Download this module at http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop/modules

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redSHOP Products

Paid download |
RedSHOP extensions |
redCOMPONENT

2.5

Score:

0

0 reviews

Latest release: 13/08/2012
Read release notes:
http://redcomponent.com/news/272-redshop-v1111-release
Products module for redSHOP. The most advanced ecommerce extension ever created for Joomla.
See presentation video on http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop
Download this module at http://redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop/modules